Month: April 2012

Experts from the surgical arena suggest that the Ponseti method for clubfoot results in better outcomes than surgical procedures.

An Associated Press news story published on Feb. 15 highlighted the cost increases of Medicare prosthetic feet in 2010 compared with 2005 despite a slight decline in the number of amputee beneficiary recipients for those devices. The story raised questions…

Kyle Maynard becomes the first amputee to reach the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro unassisted.

New research shows that employees on sick leave with mental health disorders fully returned to work sooner when they received therapy that addressed work-related problems and how to return to work, according to a study published by the American Psychological…

Instructors educate O&P professionals on the limitations of the FDA’s authority at AOPA seminar.

Practitioners look to novel ways of using familiar lower limb orthotic alternatives to complement new technology.

Biocompatible neural interfaces are on the new frontier of prosthetic function.

In a statement released by the National Association for the Advancement of Orthotics and Prosthetics, Peter W. Thomas, JD, general counsel for NAAOP, discussed the advancements in the House of Representatives and Senate for the Insurance Fairness for Amputees Act.…

The US Paralympic Committee is currently accepting proposals for the 2012 Olympic Opportunity Fund, a program that provides grants to community-based organizations to create and expand Paralympic sport and physical activity programs for disabled veterans and members of the Armed…

Obesity now accounts for almost 21% of all US health care costs, more than twice the previous estimates, according to a study conducted by researchers at Cornell University. The study, published in the January issue of the Journal of Health…